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Denham for a boy.... WDYT?

wildweeny View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:31 PM Post #1
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Hi lovely peoples! Here's another boy's name we're sort of considering! Have three weeks to go and still don't have a boy's name picked out (still hoping like anything bub will be a girl - simply because of the ease of naming!) So, what do you think? Origin is Old English apparently, meaning 'Village in the Valley' so one website told me.... Many thanks in advance :-)

Puggle View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:37 PM Post #2
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I quite like it but I think you would have people hearing/spelling 'Denim' There was a Benham at my high school, known as Ben.

MahnaMahna View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:42 PM Post #3
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Not a fan sorry.

FrogIsAFrogIsAFr... FrogIsAFrogIsAFrog View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:43 PM Post #4
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Not a fan, sorry (ETA to remark on ^^^^^ creepy identical post!) This post has been edited by FrogIsAFrogIsAFrog: 23/02/2012, 09:44 PM

Dabri View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:47 PM Post #5
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From Reynholm Industries? (Sorry couldn't resist.) I will pass on making a judgement because I don't think I can separate the name from the TV character.

madmatriarch View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:49 PM Post #6
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I like it but again i'm biased-my DD 9months has 'Denim' as one of her middle names.But i like Denham for a boy and i think you will hear the difference in the pronounciation and as much as i'm not overly fussed on names being shortened i dont mind Denny as a nn.Good luck OP

tenar View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 09:51 PM Post #7
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Makes me think of the IT Crowd TV character too. Not good...

Amber Spyglass View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 10:02 PM Post #8
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QUOTE (Puggle @ 23/02/2012, 09:37 PM) 14339906[/url]'] I quite like it but I think you would have people hearing/spelling 'Denim' I tend to agree with this, but if that's not a concern... I think surprisingly I like it.

LaNeige View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 10:08 PM Post #9
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I used to live near Denham and it's quite a nice little town. Correct pronunciation is Den-uhm, so it would sound a lot like denim. You would probably get a lot of people saying Den-ham, which would be weird. I quite like it though!

newkie View Member Profile	23/02/2012, 10:09 PM Post #10
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QUOTE (Dabri @ 23/02/2012, 10:47 PM) From Reynholm Industries? (Sorry couldn't resist.) I will pass on making a judgement because I don't think I can separate the name from the TV character. I had to chuckle at this, as it was my first thought too I couldn't personally use it for that reason alone, but it's also NMS. Ad there's the denim thing too.

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